Heirs to Something Greater

10; Pranks and Payback

Classes had ended for the day and I was interested in finding the owlery. I hadn't seen Finn since I got here and I was a bit worried that he might not be doing okay. He had been with me his whole life, and now he was alone, somewhere else.

"Hey, where's the owlery again?" I asked Harry who was walking through the common room, up to his dorm.

"Uhm it's by the quidditch pitch. Right across from this tower actually. Here, come look out the window." Harry walked over towards the tall clear glass and pointed towards a small building. "It's right there."

"But how do I get there?" It's not like I could just apparate there, even though that would have been cool, but that magic wasn't allowed in Hogwarts.

"Take the bridge by the clock tower." When I looked at him with complete confusion, he added on, "I'll just take you there. I have a bit of time to waste anyways, and I want to check on Hedwig." He started back off for the portrait door. There was no time for me to make sure he was okay with showing me the way, because he was already nearly out the door.

"Come on then." Harry waved his hand towards him and I finally moved my feet towards him. I planned on doing this with Jules, but I'm sure Lottie could show her where to go. I didn't even know where she was. After history of magic, she said something about needing an ancient ruins book and headed off down another corridor. She seemed flustered about something, but I never had the chance to ask what was up before she had hurried down the hall.

Harry was more of a quiet boy, but I could tell he was trying to start a conversation.

"So what's going on with you and Cedric?" Why this of all questions. He looked nervous almost? Or he was just awkward, which was understandable...and relatable.

"Uhm, what do you mean?" I didn't even know what was going on between Cedric and I.

"Well what McCoy said earlier, and I don't know he just-nevermind. It was stupid of me to ask." His pace quickened and I struggled to keep up.

"Harry, slow down. I have no clue where we are and if you lose me in this unknown corridor, I'll jinx you." My comment made him slam on his brakes for feet. The look he gave me made me burst with laughter.

"I'm joking. But I seriously have no idea where we are." A smile even grew on his own face, which was nice. "And I don't even know what's going on with Cedric. Maybe there's something there, but I've only known him a few days, so there's no point in rushing things." If I put it out in the open, which I did, then there would be nothing for him to question, and it was nice to make myself realize what was happening too.

"Oh, I understand. I just wanted to tell you, well I don't know. He's just a nice guy. Very fair." We started off down the corridor again walking at the same pace now.

"Careful Harry, or you'll make it sound like you have a crush on him." I hoped to lighten the mood a bit by making a joke.

His eyes grew in size as he looked up at me. "No I don't! All I said was that he was nice and played fair in quidditch! I never said-No!" Harry was panicked like I was going to announce some unjust secret to the whole world.

"Harry calm down, it was a joke." My own expression was a bit disturbed at how quickly and stressed he reacted to the comment. He let out a breath of air and sighed with relief.

"Anyways, did you hear quidditch got cancelled this season?" The topic of our conversation needed to be changed and I seemed to be the one to easily do that.

"Yeah, I heard last night. It sucks, but it makes sense. If Dumbledore thinks that it shouldn't happen, then it shouldn't." Harry defended the opposite side to everyone else's opinions that I had heard today. That was new.